107. What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road?
a. rubberneck (2.00%)
b. rubbernecking (14.94%)
c. rubbernecking is the activity (slowing down and gawking) that causes the traffic jam, but I have no word for the traffic jam itself (60.53%)
d. gapers' block (2.55%)
e. gapers' delay (1.87%)
f. Lookie Lou (1.59%)
g. curiosity delay (0.80%)
h. gawk block (0.64%)
i. I have no word for this (11.38%)
j. other (3.70%)
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Choice a: rubberneck

Choice b: rubbernecking

Choice c: rubbernecking is the activity (slowing down and gawking) that causes the traffic jam, but I have no word for the traffic jam itself